Said...

Makes sense.

An Leiting nodded slightly, "If that's the case, then you can go. The silver for the reception and the things that need to be sent can be withdrawn from the army."

After saying that, An Leiting took a pair of cards from the table and gave them to Lu Qiyan.

"I will definitely get this done and live up to the trust of the commander-in-chief!" Lu Qiyan took the card, bowed in reply, and then strode away.

After Lu Qiyan walked away and the door was closed, An Leiting sighed again, "If that rebellious son can do this, the An family will be able to rest easy!"

"Lu Qiyan is indeed a good person," Zhuo Dingsheng said, "but Jingzhong is not much worse. He is just young and has little experience. Let's wait a few more years and see."

An Leiting sighed again.

Wait, wait, when will this wait end?

They have been leading troops in battles for many years, and when they select generals, they usually judge based on whether they have the talent to lead troops. If a general has talent, they are willing to give him some advice even if he lacks experience. If a general does not have talent, no matter how much advice he gives him, it will be useless even if he has been through many battles.

This is how he treats other people, but when it comes to An Jingzhong, will he become more wise?

The future of the An family still requires him to pave the way for it, and it will be enough if An Jingzhong can just guard it for a while.

Zhuo Dingsheng thought for a moment and continued, "In fact, after all, we are all born as military generals. We are not very knowledgeable about the twists and turns in the court. We don't have as many tricks as those people. In the future, we should find more talented people around us to give us more advice."

"That's right." An Leiting nodded. "In the future, if there are people like Lu Qiyan who can judge the situation and have insights and experience in human relationships and power struggles, promote one or two more. In addition..."

"What has Xiao Luoan been doing these days?"

"It is said that they were ambushed on the way here and the Third Prince was seriously injured. He hid nearby for a long time before reaching the military camp. His old injuries have not healed yet and he has been recovering in the tent."

Zhuo Dingsheng said, "I see the guards around him coming in and out every day, and they are mostly holding medicinal herbs and the like. The smell of medicine is strong near the tent every day, so I think it's not bad."

"No wonder he has been staying at home since he came here. It turns out it's because of this." An Leiting sneered. "It is said that the royal family is the most cold-hearted. Now it seems that it is true. When they start fighting, they are even more ruthless than their enemies."

"Send someone to invite him out, and tell him that the weather has been good in recent days, and there will be a horseback archery competition in the army tomorrow, so invite him out to watch and relieve his boredom."

By the way, let’s talk business.

"Yes." Zhuo Dingsheng responded.
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After the beginning of autumn, although there is still a dog days, this day is not as hot and uncomfortable as during the middle of the dog days.

As the heat subsided, Xia Mingyue's busyness also subsided.

Xia Ji's various food stalls have been franchised and developed one after another. The next thing to do is to replicate them according to the existing model.

Xia Mingyue and others had done these things many times in Jinqiu County, so they were familiar with them and could deal with them relatively easily.

When she had some free time, Xia Mingyue started thinking about making new food.

Shahefen.

After the rice has been soaked sufficiently in spring water, it is ground into a sticky rice paste with a stone mill, poured into a bamboo basket, and turned twice vigorously to allow the rice paste to flow evenly and form a thin, round pancake, which is then steamed.

After steaming, it is carefully taken out and cut into strips of appropriate width and uniformity for easy eating. This is the traditional way of making Shahefen.

The Shahefen is thin and transparent, tough and smooth. It tastes wonderful whether it is eaten cold, soaked, stir-fried, sweet or salty.

You can even add juices of various fruits and vegetables into the rice milk to make colorful shahefen, with different colors and flavors. But without exception, they are all smooth and delicious.

Among the many ways to eat Shahefen, Xia Mingyue's favorite is fried Shahefen.

After the mung bean sprouts, shallots and chili peppers are stir-fried until soft, add fresh rice noodles and 80% cooked eggs into the pan, stir-fry quickly over high heat, add soy sauce, salt, sesame oil and other seasonings, and then serve.

The fried rice noodles made in this way have a rich aroma. The fragrance of the rice noodles is accompanied by the mellow aroma of rice milk. The texture is tender, elastic, and occasionally crispy with the occasional bite of bean sprouts. It can be said to taste excellent.

When eating, add some pickled garlic and a bowl of light and delicious egg drop soup...

Fun!

After Xia Mingyue made this fried rice noodles, she felt it was delicious and started eating fried rice noodles three times a day.

Jiang Zhuguo, Zhuang Cui and others also had fried rice noodles for every meal.

But even though I eat it every meal, each meal tastes different.

This meal was fried rice noodles with eggs, that meal was fried rice noodles with pork tenderloin slices, and the next meal was fried rice noodles with braised liver tips...

Every meal was fried rice noodles, and every meal was a different kind of fried rice noodles, but without exception, the taste was impeccable, and every meal made people unable to help but eat a lot, and they would not put down their chopsticks until their stomachs were full.

Just as the aroma of fried rice noodles was wafting throughout the yard, the alley where Xia Mingyue and the other two lived became lively.

Ox carts came in and out one after another, and the carts were loaded with household items.

It looks like someone is moving.

This kind of thing is not uncommon, so Xia Mingyue didn't take it to heart.

But in the evening of that day, two people came into the yard.

Two old friends.

Xia Mingyue was stunned when she saw this.

"It's only been a short time. Could it be that Madam Xia has forgotten about us?" Yin Lingyou curled his lips.

"How could that be?" Xia Mingyue replied with a smile, but also raised her eyebrows, "I just didn't expect that Doctor Yin and Brother Mao would come here at this time. It's really a bit unexpected."

"Not surprising, not surprising, isn't it almost time for dinner..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yin Lingyou stopped the silly-smiling Mao Sanli, "Am I the kind of person who only cares about eating?"

what?
No?
Mao Sanli scratched his ear.

He ran here from Jinqiu County eagerly, and bought another yard after much persuasion, just to continue to be neighbors with Madam Xia. Was it really not for the sake of eating the food prepared by Madam Xia?
"I just missed Wu Jin!" Yin Lingyou explained, "So I wanted to come and visit him!"

Wu Jin was suddenly cueed, "..."

Do you think anyone will believe such a lame excuse?
As expected, dogs are always dogs, but some people are sometimes not quite human!
Wu Jin sneered, opened his mouth and yawned lazily, then continued to rest his big head on his front paws and narrowed his eyes.

So as to avoid seeing something unpleasant.

Being ignored by Wu Jin like this, Yin Lingyou curled his lips and said, "Look what I said, if we don't come and take a look at Wu Jin, it will really forget about us!" (End of this chapter)